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1944 Army Cadets football team

The1944 Army Cadets football teamwas anAmerican footballteam that represented theUnited States Military Academyas an independent during the1944 college football season.In their fourth season under head coachEarl Blaik,the Cadets compiled a perfect 9–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 504 to 35.[1]Army's 1944 season was part of a 32-game undefeated streak that included the entire 1944, 1945, and 1946 seasons.

1944Army Cadets football
Consensus national champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record9–0
Head coach
CaptainTom Lombardo
Home stadiumMichie Stadium
Seasons
←1943
1945→
1944 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
No.1Army – 9 – 0 – 0
Yale – 7 – 0 – 1
Harvard – 5 – 1 – 0
Bucknell – 7 – 2 – 1
Penn State – 6 – 3 – 0
Penn – 5 – 3 – 0
Boston College – 4 – 3 – 0
Cornell – 5 – 4 – 0
Villanova – 4 – 4 – 0
Drexel – 2 – 2 – 0
Pittsburgh – 4 – 5 – 0
Brown – 3 – 4 – 1
Temple – 2 – 4 – 2
Syracuse – 2 – 4 – 1
Princeton – 1 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth – 2 – 5 – 1
Colgate – 2 – 5 – 0
NYU – 2 – 5 – 0
Columbia – 2 – 6 – 0
Tufts – 1 – 4 – 1
Franklin & Marshall – 1 – 8 – 0
CCNY – 0 – 7 – 0
Rankings fromAP Poll

In the finalAP Pollreleased on December 5, Army was ranked No. 1 nationally with 1,165 points, more than 200 points ahead of No. 2Ohio State.[2]In retroactive analyses, Army has also been recognized as the 1944national championby most other selectors, including theBillingsley Report,Boand System,College Football Researchers Association,Dunkel System,Helms Athletic Foundation,Houlgate System,National Championship Foundation,Poling System,andSagarin Ratings.[3]Army also won theLambert Trophyas the best football team in the east.[4]

Army halfbackGlenn Davisreceived theMaxwell Awardas the best college football player of 1944.[5]Davis and fullbackDoc Blanchardwere selected as consensus first-team players on the1944 All-America college football team.[6]

Six persons affiliated with the 1944 Army team were later inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame:head coach Blaik (inducted 1964);[7]Blanchard (inducted 1959);[8]Davis (inducted 1961);[9]endBarney Poole(inducted 1974);[10]quarterbackDoug Kenna(inducted 1984);[11]and guardJohn Green(inducted 1989).[12]

The team captain was Tom Lombardo. Other notable players included tackleTex Coulter,guardJoe Stanowicz,and center Robert St. Onge.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30North Carolina
W46–07,000[13]
October 7Brown
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W59–73,500[14]
October 14PittsburghNo. 3
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W69–710,000[15][16]
October 21Coast GuardNo. 2
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W76–03,000[17]
October 28vs.DukeNo. 2
W27–745,000[18]
November 4VillanovaNo. 1
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
W83–0[19]
November 11vs. No. 5Notre DameNo. 1
W59–074,437[20]
November 18atPennNo. 1
W62–765,000[21]
December 2vs. No. 2NavyNo. 1
W23–770,000[22][23]
  • Rankings fromAP Pollreleased prior to the game

Rankings

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See also:1944 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend:██Increase in ranking██Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP3(3)2(11.67)2(30)1(41)1(58)1(77)1(65.33)1(55.33)1(95)

References

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  1. ^"1944 Army Black Knights Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  2. ^"Army and Randolph Field Are Top Teams Of Year".Durham Morning Herald.December 6, 1944. p. 8 – viaNewspapers.
  3. ^2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records(PDF).Indianapolis: The National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 2020. pp. 112–114.Archived(PDF)from the original on November 1, 2020.RetrievedJanuary 12,2021.
  4. ^"Army Wins Lambert Grid Trophy".The Austin American.December 6, 1944. p. 13 – viaNewspapers.
  5. ^"Army's Glenn Davis Gets Maxwell Trophy".The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.December 8, 1944. p. 17 – viaNewspapers.
  6. ^"Football Award Winners"(PDF).National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 8.RetrievedOctober 21,2017.
  7. ^"Earl Blaik".National Football Foundation.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  8. ^"Doc Blanchard".National Football Foundation.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  9. ^"Glenn Davis".National Football Foundation.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  10. ^"Barney Poole".National Football Foundation.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  11. ^"Doug Kenna".National Football Foundation.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  12. ^"John Green".National Football Foundation.RetrievedApril 2,2022.
  13. ^Jack Smith (October 1, 1944)."Army Routs Carolina, 46-0; Davis Scores 3".New York Daily News.p. 73 – viaNewspapers.
  14. ^"Army Batters Brown Bear".New York Daily News.October 8, 1944. p. 25C – viaNewspapers.
  15. ^Whitney Martin (October 15, 1944)."Mighty Army Pummels Pitt, 69-7".Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.p. 3C – viaNewspapers.
  16. ^"Army Slugs Pitt, 69-7; Panthers' Worst Rout".New York Daily News.October 15, 1944. p. 78 – viaNewspapers.
  17. ^Dick Young (October 22, 1944)."Army Panzers Crush CG, 76-0, in 11 TD Parade".New York Daily News.p. 25C – viaNewspapers.
  18. ^Jack Smith (October 29, 1944)."Army Crushes Duke, 27-7; All Backs Star".New York Daily News.p. 76 – viaNewspapers.
  19. ^"Army Swamps Villanova, 83-0; 2d Half Cut Short".New York Daily News.November 5, 1944. p. 25C – viaNewspapers.
  20. ^"Army Outclasses Notre Dame, 59 To 0: 74,437 See Irish Meet Worst Gridiron Defeat".New York Daily News.November 12, 1944. p. 20 – viaNewspapers.
  21. ^"Army Crushes Penn, 62-7, for 8th in Row".The New York Daily News.November 19, 1944. p. 70 – viaNewspapers.
  22. ^"Army Defeats Navy, 23 To 7, Before 70,000 In Stadium".The Baltimore Sun.Baltimore, Maryland.December 3, 1944. p. 1.RetrievedApril 3,2022– viaNewspapers.
  23. ^Grantland Rice (December 3, 1944)."Victory Over Navy Gives Army First Perfect Grid Season Since 1916".The Baltimore Sun.p. 2A – viaNewspapers.


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